Masahiro Tanaka

Starting pitcher for New York

Age: 37, 218 lbs, 6'3"

Born: 11/1/1988, Itami, JPN

Sal: N/A

Currently Released

TRANSACTION REPORT 6 years

Makes return to Japan official.

Announced Thursday via his personal Twitter account that he agreed to a contract with the Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. According to the Kyodo News, Tanaka's contract is a two-year, $17.2 million deal that includes additional incentives.

Seasons	City	GP	CG	IP	ERA	W	L	ShO	Sv	H	2B	3B	HR	SO	HB	BB	WP	Bk	R	ER	NH	WHIP	K/9	PPts	PPts/GP
2020	NYY	10	0	48.0	3.56	3	3	0	0	48	0	0	9	44	2	8	0	0	25	19	0	1.17	8.25	15.0	1.5
2019	NYY	32	1	182.0	4.45	11	9	1	0	186	0	0	28	149	2	40	7	0	95	90	0	1.24	7.37	55.0	1.7
2018	NYY	27	1	156.0	3.75	12	6	1	0	141	0	0	25	159	7	35	3	0	68	65	0	1.13	9.17	60.0	2.2
2017	NYY	30	1	178.3	4.74	13	12	1	0	180	0	0	35	194	7	41	7	0	100	94	0	1.24	9.79	65.0	2.2
2016	NYY	32	0	199.7	3.07	14	4	0	0	179	0	0	22	165	3	36	7	0	75	68	0	1.08	7.44	70.0	2.2
2015	NYY	24	1	154.0	3.51	12	7	0	0	126	0	0	25	139	1	27	4	0	66	60	0	0.99	8.12	60.0	2.5
2014	NYY	20	3	136.3	2.77	13	5	1	0	123	0	0	15	141	4	21	4	0	47	42	0	1.06	9.31	65.0	3.3

		175	7	1054.3	3.69	78	46	4	0	983	0	0	159	991	26	208	32	0	476	438	0	1.13	8.49	390.0	2.2

Date	Opp	Res	CG	IP	ERA	W	L	ShO	Sv	H	2B	3B	HR	SO	HB	BB	WP	Bk	R	ER	NH	WHIP	K/9	PPts
7/15/2018	CLE@	L2 - 5	0	6.3	2.84	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	1.11	7.11	0.0
7/10/2018	BAL@	L5 - 6	0	4.3	6.23	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	5	0	2	0	0	3	3	0	1.85	10.38	0.0
6/8/2018	NYM@	W4 - 1	0	5.0	1.80	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0.40	14.40	0.0
6/2/2018	BAL@	W8 - 5	0	5.3	6.75	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	3	7	0	1	0	0	4	4	0	1.69	11.81	5.0
5/27/2018	LAA	W3 - 1	0	6.0	1.50	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	8	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	1.00	12.00	5.0
5/21/2018	TEX@	W10 - 5	0	5.0	7.20	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	3	1	4	0	0	4	4	0	1.40	5.40	5.0
5/15/2018	WSH@	L3 - 5	0	5.0	5.40	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0.80	3.60	0.0
5/9/2018	BOS	W9 - 6	0	5.3	6.75	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	2	3	0	2	0	0	4	4	0	1.88	5.06	0.0
5/3/2018	HOU@	W6 - 5	0	6.0	4.50	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	0.83	7.50	0.0
4/28/2018	LAA@	W11 - 1	0	6.0	1.50	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	9	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0.67	13.50	5.0

			0	54.3	4.45	4	0	0	0	46	0	0	13	55	2	16	1	0	26	26	0	1.16	9.08	20.0

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Player	Pos	City	Injured date	Type	Description	+

Player	Pos	City	Transaction date	Description
M. Tanaka	SP	NYY	8/12/2017	Placed on the 10-day DL, retroactive to August 10.
M. Tanaka	SP	NYY	6/3/2015	Activated from the 15-day DL.
M. Tanaka	SP	NYY	5/21/2015	Sent on a rehab assignment to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).
M. Tanaka	SP	NYY	4/28/2015	Placed on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 24.
M. Tanaka	SP	NYY	9/21/2014	Activated from the 60-day DL.
M. Tanaka	SP	NYY	9/2/2014	Transferred from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL.
M. Tanaka	SP	NYY	7/9/2014	Placed on the 15-day DL.
M. Tanaka	SP	NYY	1/22/2014	Signed to a seven-year, $155 million contract.

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Player	Pos	City	Game Date	Corr. Date	Corr.	Description	Game log
M. Tanaka	SP	NYY	8/27/2019	9/17/2019	-1	Hits allowed	Game log
M. Tanaka	SP	NYY	4/17/2018	4/26/2018	-1	Hits allowed	Game log
M. Tanaka	SP	NYY	4/17/2018	4/26/2018	-1	Earned runs allowed	Game log
M. Tanaka	SP	NYY	8/2/2016	8/6/2016	-1	Earned runs allowed	Game log

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